flameflower
Nouns
- (n) a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers flame flower, flame-flower, kniphofia, tritoma,
- (n) plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots Talinum aurantiacum, flame flower, flame-flower,